Automotive & Transportation

    August 2012
    High-side automotive battery monitoring

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    Figure 1: Functional blocks for amsï½s two-chip sensor interface for high-side automotive battery current sensing.

    Manufacturers are electrifying more functions within a car, reducing the mechanical load on the internal-combustion engine. These functions include water, oil, and fuel pumps; valve actuation;
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    Date:
    08/28/2012
    Current sensing in an automotive environment

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    Figure 1: An example of a shielded air-core open-loop current sensor from Raztec provides a strong combination of high performance in a small package and at low cost.

    The Automotive industry has long been the ultimate test ground for electronic components. Few terrestrial environments present such a combination of demands as does the under-hood locale
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    Date:
    08/28/2012
    Improving engine stop-start system design

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    Figure 1: Integrated gate driver with external passive components.

    Automatic engine stop-start is effective in helping reduce CO2 emissions from private cars. When integrated in an otherwise conventional combustion-engine power train, engine stop-start
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    Date:
    08/24/2012
    Vehicle Electrification Sparks Engineering Demand

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    Table 1. Current and projected sales of commercial and industrial electric and hybrid-electric vehicles (Data courtesy of Dr. Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEx.)

    Though electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) only account for a modest percentage of overall car sales, the sales of these more-electric vehicles are on the rise. According
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    Date:
    08/24/2012
    Non-contact driver�s ECG monitoring system

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    Figure 1: Block diagram of a typical EPIC sensor

    EPIC (Electric Potential Integrated Circuit) is a very-high-impedance electric-field sensor that measures the ambient electric field with minimal disturbance. EPIC sensors are suitable for
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    Date:
    08/19/2012
    Hall effect current sensing in HEVs and EVs

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    Figure 1: Typical HEV system block diagram

    Consumers are embracing environmentally friendly green cars due to the rising cost of fossil fuels and a growing concern for the health of the environment. Sales forecasts predict that green
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    Date:
    08/19/2012
    Sleeping Conserves Energy

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    Figure 1: CAN network with partial-networking controllers during the transmission of a message to ECU7 (without partial-networking support)

    Minimizing energy consumption has become a major factor for any new product design in recent years. Hardly any industry can afford to disregard this issue in the definition, development,
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    Date:
    08/19/2012
    TI FPD-Link III chipset streamlines video and data interface for megapixel driver-assist cameras

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    DS90UB913Q serializer features a 10- to 100-MHz pixel clock and 10- and 12-bit pixel depth. The DS90UB914Q deserializer automatically adapts EQ gain, compensating for dynamic and long-term changes in cable loss.

    Texas Instruments has introduced the DS90UB913Q serializer and DS90UB914Q deserializer, the newest additions to its FPD-Link III automotive-grade chipset family. The SerDes chipset provides a seamless
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    Date:
    08/16/2012
    IR�s automotive-qualified 600-V trench IGBTs in D2Pak deliver high power density in HEVs & EVs

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    International Rectifier has announced the introduction of a family of automotive-qualified 600-V IGBTs for electric and hybrid vehicle applications including air conditioner inverters, pumps, and
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    Date:
    08/15/2012
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